Zhelyu Mitev Zhelev (Bulgarian: Желю Митев Желев) (born March 3, 1935) is a Bulgarian politician and former dissident who was the first democratically elected President of Bulgaria. He was elected for his first mandate by the Parliament for the period 1990 to 1992. In January 1992 general elections were held, and he was reelected for his second term for the period of 1992 to 1997.

Zhelyu Zhelev was born March 3, 1935 in Veselinovo village, Shumen. He graduated with a degree in philosophy from the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" in 1958, and later earned a Ph.D. in 1974.

Zhelev was a member of the Bulgarian Communist Party, but was expelled from it for political reasons in 1965. He was also expelled from Sofia the following year and was unemployed for six years since all employment in Bulgaria was state-regulated.

In 1982 he published his controversial work The Fascism (Bulgarian: Фашизмът; Fashizmat). Three weeks after publication in 1982, the book was banned and removed from bookstores and libraries as it likened Bulgaria's socialist state to the country's fascist administration of World War II.

Andrea Valentini (Born and raised in Rhode Island, USA) graduated from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) 1995 with both Fine Arts and Bachelor Interior Architecture Degrees.

Upon graduation she and a colleague architect from RISD founded an interior architecture firm and she was recognized for her award winning designs for commercial and residential projects. Her interiors were custom down to the furniture and lighting and she would soon evolve from interiors to establish her own signature furniture and personal accessory collections.

In 2000 Andrea launched her furniture collections and in 2001 made a New York debut at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair, ICFF. Her furniture was fresh and innovative using industrial materials like polyurethanes and ethylenes, sculpted into organic forms. The most outstanding piece to receive critical acclaim was her Coosh Egg Chair, A ball of high density foam cut from a block that breaks open into a chair and ottoman. This was awarded by Interior Design Magazine as one of their pics for their future furniture competition as well as being nominated for Best Product Design in 2003 by the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum.